little tree
SATB & violin
Text by E. E. Cummings
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[little tree]
little tree
little silent Christmas tree
you are so little
you are more like a flower
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who found you in the green forest
and were you very sorry to come away?
see i will comfort you
because you smell so sweetly
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i will kiss your cool bark
and hug you safe and tight
just as your mother would,
only don’t be afraid
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look the spangles
that sleep all the year in a dark box
dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
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put up your little arms
and i’ll give them all to you to hold.
every finger shall have its ring
and there won’t be a single place dark or unhappy
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then when you’re quite dressed
you’ll stand in the window for everyone to see
and how they’ll stare!
oh but you’ll be very proud
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and my little sister and i will take hands
and looking up at our beautiful tree
we’ll dance and sing
“Noel Noel”